Christmas Eve!

Church service at Bethel.
Grandpa's house with the family.
Lots of food and presents.
A couple tears from Grandma's speech.
I'm so lucky to have the family I do.

Welcome Home Eric!

The Renard's hosted a welcome home party for Eric. It was so great to see him. It's kind of crazy that he's been away at boot camp and this is the first time he's been home in months. He is such a special guy and I'm blessed to have him for a friend. I am really enjoying all of these big friend gatherings. I just adore my friends. They are so special.

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

That is the greatest movie and if you haven't seen it yet, get on that!
Very strange but very funny to say the least.
Laurel and I went to Karli's for a girls night.
We decorated sweatshirts, ate junk food and wrestled.
What a great night.

Guess what I did today?
Shopped, again.
I've decided for the 100th time that I really don't like shopping.
I suppose it's fun for the first 30 minutes and then I'm ready to be done.
I just end up wanting to buy everything and then I get grouchy and overwhelmed with "things."
Oh boy, I'm glad to be done with that for a long while.

Girls craft night with Laura, Amy, Breanna, Meg and Addie. We all taught each other how to make different kinds of flower broaches and hair pins. Laughter, popcorn, creativity and white grape juice - made for a lovely evening.

Best Friend :)

After lots of shopping with the family Laurel came over!
Oh man, it is just so great to spend time with her.
I never would have thought the times we get to spend together would be so special.
We sat on the floor of my room drinking chai tea, making hair pin flowers, laughing and we even watched Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. Let me tell you.. that is one dumb movie. I don't recommend it to anyone. We exchanged Christmas gifts and it was as if we never parted at all. I love her. I'm so lucky to have a best friend who is so great.

Family Time

We spent some quality family time today.. decorating the tree, playing with the puppy, you know the good stuff.

Wedding

Congratulations to Ashlynn and Gregg!
It's kind of weird seeing people my age getting married but,
I'm very happy for the two of them.
They were high school sweethearts and best friends.
I can't wait to find that for myself.
The wedding was beautiful to say the least.